Miners Face New Tax by Canadian Government
Beattle dispatch reports Canadian plans to tax prospectors passing into Canadian territory. A 35 percent tariff on provisions outfits and baggage could raise costs and spark international tension. The steamer Queen to Dyea carried 400 passengers, half miners, many prominent local professionals.
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Commercial Tribune
Beattle
Wash
Klondike
Canyon City
Canada
Dyea
Lake Landerman
Queen
Klondike Miners Return to Alaska for Spring Work
San Francisco July 23 report on a party of four successful Klondike miners led by Wm Smalley and including his son F Phistator and C Worden. They left Seattle less than a year ago and hauled over $100,000 in gold from Eldorado Creek in ninety days. They plan to return in March.
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San Francisco
Wm. Smalley
F. Phiscator
C. Worden
Seattle
Eldorado Creek
Fortunes in a Few Weeks From Klondike Reports
Treasury records Captain Hooper's Unalaska report describing Excelsior arrivals with forty Yukon miners and about 500000 dollars in gold. Klondike fortunes claimed in weeks, with Dawson crowds dwindling Circle Forty Mile and Bonanza El Dorado Creeks cited as richest, claims priced up to fifty thousand dollars and rents at one hundred dollars per year.
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Washington
C. H. Hooper
Bering Sea
Treasury Department
Unalaska
Alaska Commercial Company
Excelsior
Yukon District
Klondike
Reindeer River
Yukon
Forty Mile
Canadian
Dawson
Circle City
Portland
Bonanza
el Dorado
Rich California gold strike near Placerville attracts attention
Private reports from Placerville describe a single miner extracting 31 1 2 ounces of gold in three hours from a claim six miles from Folsom. Surface earth yielded the gold, shown in Cohns shop in Sacramento. The writer urges investing at home rather than venturing to Alaska.
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Bacramento
Cal
Alaska
California
Placerville
Co. C. Cohn
Folsom
the Bee
Sacramento
Eldorado Counties
Three Wild Horses Cause Runaway Injuries in Defiance
Three run away accidents in Defiance O July 23 injure five people. German contractor John Hagan 35 was kicked in the forehead, skull crushed, not expected to recover. L C Thompson Holgate thrown from carriage dragged two blocks and may die. Wilbur McGushen Nelson and Walter Burtsch under 8 thrown from wagon, seriously injured.
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Commercial Tribune
Defiance
John Hagan
L. C. Thompson
Holgate
Wilbur McGushen
Nelson
Walter Burtsch
MAY NOT BE MURDERER Fresh Evidence in Mason Children Killing
Wheeling West Virginia July 23 new complications emerged in the Mason murder at Moundsville despite Ed Jones confession. A satchel was found under the B and O Depot containing bloodstained trousers and a heavy black mask fueling doubt about the confession and deepening the mystery.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Mason
Moundsville
Ed Jones
Jones
Kerosene blaze kills six year old girl in Indianapolis
In Indianapolis a kerosene can exploded burning six year old May De Hart daughter of Sylvanus De Hart of North Indianapolis. Her clothing ignited as the can exploded and she died before her mother could reach her.
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Commercial Tribune
Indianapolis
Ind
Eme May de Hart
Sylvanus Dé Hart
Robbers Torture Widow in West Virginia Heist
Six gunmen raided Mrs. Martha Shreves in Smithfield Wetzel County late at night torturing her to reveal a $1,500 purse. She was found unconscious next morning suspended by a rope with swollen arms and badly injured thumbs. Authorities seek two bloodhounds to trace suspects tied to similar crimes in the area.
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Commercial Tribune
Sistersville
W. Va
C. W. Gates
Wetzel County
Parkersburg
Martha Shreves
Smithfield
Girl Gatches A Thief With Carving Knife In Detroit
Miss Stella Boal awoke to a burglar packing silverware in New Buffalo. She seized a carving knife, chased the man from a window, and escorted him to the marshal at gunpoint with his own revolver. The thief, unnamed, faces burglary arraignment tomorrow.
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Commercial Tribune
Detroit
Mich
New Buffalo
Stella Boal
Miss Boals
Crook
Boston Brewers Debate Pros and Cons of a Brewers Trust
Boston officials and brewery agents weigh a proposed brewers trust amid questions whether Western firms join. L Speidel of Pabst signals outside interest while Frank Jones Brewing questions the Boston fit though Philadelphia and other markets show differing conditions. Revenue data suggest Boston beer sales are higher than ever.
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Commercial Tribune
Boston
Brewers’ Trust
L. Speidel
Water Street
Pabst
Frank Jones Brewing Company
Philadelphia
Nash Likely Chairman as Republicans Move to Immediate Campaign
Governor Bushnell and Chairman Daugherty back Judge Nash for the GOP chair. The State Central Committee will meet July 28 in Columbus to select leadership and begin party organization immediately. Wikoff and Captain Ed Wilson named as possible committee members.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
H. M. Daugherty
Republican State Central Committee
Daugherty
Bushnell
Third Street
Wikoff
Allen T. Wikoff
Ed Wilson
Ironton
Wilson
Nash
Hanna
Lke
Piqua Democrats Move to Endorse Republican Nominee
Miami County Democrats show split over convention seating. Long faction backed State Senator candidate Long was nominated and pledged to back John R. McLean for U S Senator. Rank and file oppose McLean and plan to support Republican nominees for Representative and State Senator. Local divisions resist outside influence in party leadership.
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Commercial Tribune
Piqua, O
Miami County
McKinney
Long
Versailles
Miami
Andrews Drops Into Politics as Brown President Nominated
Providence July 28. At a Democratic State Central Committee meeting the panel unanimously resolved that if President E Benjamin Andrews resigns from Brown University the party should nominate him as its candidate for United States Senator before the next April election.
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Providence
R. L
Democratic State Central Committee
E. Benjamin Andrews
Brown University
Democratic Party
United States
Democratic candidates seek peace in Piqua consultation
Chapman and Shaw the Democratic contenders for Governor and Lieutenant Governor arrived in Piqua Ohio at night and conferred with party leaders to unite discordant factions.
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Commercial Tribune
Piqua, O
Chapman
Shaw
Page Wins Democratic Nomination for Jefferson Circuit Clerk
Louisville July 2 John H Page declared the Democratic nominee for Circuit Clerk of Jefferson County by the City and County Committee defeating incumbent Colonel John S Cain who has served twenty seven years.
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Commercial Tribune
Louisville
John H. Page
Jefferson County
City and County Committee
Johns. Cain
Cabinet Vacations Plans For Cabinet Members
The article outlines summer plans for top officials. Secretary Sherman will stay at Amagansett. Secretary Gage will remain at his Chevy Chase home. Secretary Long will cruise on the Dolphin likely leaving soon. Alger McKenna Gary will join the President on Lake Champlain. Secretary Bliss will go to Seabright New Jersey. Secretary Wilson has not yet set plans.
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Washington
Sherman
Amagansett
Gage
Chevy Chase
Long
Alger
McKenna
Gary
Lake Champlain
Bliss
Seabright
N. J
Wilson
Sister's appeal frees Roy Riley for final visit
Roy Riley of Washington Iowa, jailed six months, won release on appeal prompted by his sister in Valparaiso Indiana. Judge Gillett granted the pardon so the dying sister could see him one last time.
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Commercial Tribune
Valparaiso
Intl
Roy Riley
Washington
Gillett
Doctor MacLean Shot by Janitor in Boston Street Attack
Dr. Donald M MacLean age 55 was shot three times on Vanness avenue after denying a janitor Patrick Walsh a promised college job. Walsh then killed himself with a pistol after a pursuit. MacLean left the Medical College and was seriously wounded with a wife and three children at home.
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Walsh
MacLean
Rattler in Nursery Swallows Family Toys
Mrs. Cowell in New Jersey reported missing playthings. A rattlesnake entered the children's room, chased a mouse, and swallowed it along with the toys. Mr. Cowell dissected the snake and found seven rattles and all the toys in its stomach.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
R. P. Cowell
Walnut Valley
Belvidere
N. J
Lynching attempt as Laurens County man is captured
A Black man Henry Gray was seized while attacking a three year old girl in Ora. He was arrested by a judge ordered jailer and taken toward the penitentiary. A mob along the Goldville line tried to lynch him. a sheriff and the conductor intervened as gunfire ensued, Gray was wounded and recaptured.
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Laurens County
Goldville
Leuvens
Gray
McCravey
Climb goes wrong as gun discharge wounds youth
Special Dispatch to Commercial Tribune reports Jacob Reinhard Jr. dies from an accidental gunshot wound near Big Walnut Creek. The nineteen year old, son of banker Jacob Reinhard, was camping with four friends when a rotten fence board gave way.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus, CO
Jacob Reinhard, Jr
Jacob Reinhard
Reinhard
Big Walnut Creek
WRECKED BY STORM One Boy Killed By Falling Chimney
A severe storm hit Hinton West Virginia causing widespread destruction. The Episcopal Church collapsed and many homes were damaged while crops suffered heavy losses. Nine year old Charles Bennett was killed when a chimney fell on him during ascent atop a house.
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Youngstown
Commercial Tribune
Hinton
W. Va
Episcopal Church
Charles Bennett
Railroads Resume Traffic After Cloud Burst
Weather damage hits crops and bridges as rail service returns to normal by noon. Six bridges washed away and wheat shocks begin to sprout. At Rock Creek hailstones weighing three to four ounces caused heavy losses north of Youngstown.
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Commercial Tribune
Youngstown
Rock Creek
Storm Blows Off Roof in Catlettsburg
A heavy rain and windstorm with hail struck Catlettsburg at 4 30 this afternoon. Mrs A F Morse saw her roof blown off while telephone wires and over a hundred trees were toppled in the area.
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Commercial Tribune
Catlettsburg
A. F. Morse
Express Clerk Missing in Dayton Shortage Found
Dayton officials investigate Adams Express Company after the bill clerk vanishes his accounts show a shortage. Officials admit a shortage but refuse to reveal the amount. No arrests made. Two other employees dismissed from Union Depot in Dayton.
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Commercial Tribune
Dayton
Adams Express Company
Union Depot
Ience
Death by Horses Shocks Indiana Farm Town
In Valparaiso Indiana on July 23 Wallace Nichols a young farmer from Mt sing was kicked to death by horses after a reported incident involving a game or confrontation. The tragedy is noted as a prominent local figure’s death amid a rural community event.
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Commercial Tribune
Valparaiso
Ind
Walace Nichols
Mt. Sing
Bethie Gam
Ervin Shaw Escapes From Ohio Reformatory
Ervin Shaw aged 21 escaped last night from the Mansfield Reformatory by a rope lowered from a barber shop window. He was jailed May 17 from Clinton County for stealing a horse and buggy. His wife, jailed in Wilmington D for complicity, later pardoned by the Governor. Shaw’s parents live in Dayton.
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Reformatory
Clinton County
Wilmington
Shaw
Dayton
Tragic Wagon Man Killed. Wife Had Been Lost Earlier
John Thomas Garner traveling by covered wagon from Galveston Texas to Hikhart County was struck by a northbound L E W passenger train in Hartford City Indiana. One mule died and Garner was badly injured and likely not to recover. His wife was killed weeks earlier in a streetcar collision in St Louis.
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Hartford City
Ind
John Thomas Garner
Galveston
Tex
Hikhart County
St. Louis
Wilson Visits Cleveland Ex Cabinet Officer Plans Lecture Tour
Hon. W L Wilson ex Postmaster General has finished in Charleston and heads to Gray Gables Buzzard's Bay for a visit with ex President Cleveland. As president of Washington and Lee University he will lecture in the fall on The Development and History of Modern Parliamentary Systems.
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Charleston
W. Va
W. L. Wilson
Gray Gables
Buzzard’s Bay
Cleveland
Washington and Lee University
Lexington
Turks Leave Thessaly and Djevad Pasha to Crete Mission
Turkish forces evacuate Thessaly confirmed as Djevad Pasha begins a special mission to Crete. He seeks to mediate autonomy talks between the international fleet admirals and Mussulmen Cretans. Servian foreign minister warns of renewed raids and readiness to pursue into Ottoman territory.
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Thessaly
Djevad Pasha
Crete
Prokouplje
Funeral for murdered oil operator as plot links emerge
In Parkersburg West Virginia on July 2 a burial was held for William A. Beatty, with a report that Mrs. Hitchens faces accumulating evidence in a suspected Pennsylvania conspiracy. A killer hired in Pennsylvania allegedly traveled toward Parkersburg before turning back, and vitriol was said to be brought from there.
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Commercial Tribune
Parkersburg
W. Va
Pennsylvania
Hitchens
Skeleton of Mound Builder Found in Ohio Field
Dr Clarence Loveberry assisted by Prof Warren K Morehead uncovered a nearly complete Mound Builder skeleton in an Indian mound on H B McKenzie farm near the Norfolk and Western and Ohio Southern lines. The remains lay five feet below the mound apex with a southeast head while a likely female chief lay on a two foot pedestal. An infant, deer bones, a copper bracelet and arrow heads were found nearby.
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Commercial Tribune
Waverly
Clarence Loveberry
Warren K. Morehead
Columbus University
H. B. McKenzie
Norfolk & Western
Ohio Southern
Wagon Collision Ends Life Of John Garner In Hartford
In Hartford City Indiana a wagon driven by an elderly man John Thomas Garner of Galveston Texas was struck by an L B & W train at Water Street crossing last night. The wagon was demolished and Garner died from fatal injuries. Garner previously lost his wife to a street car in St Louis during the same trip.
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Commercial Tribune
Hartford
City
Ind
John Thomas Garner
Galveston
Tex
Elkhart County
Water Street Crossing
Garner
St. Louis
West Virginia Key to Nation's Miners Strike
M D Ratchford of the United Mine Workers appeals to Samuel Gompers calling for a major labor conference in Wheeling on July 27 to mobilize organized labor. He asserts West Virginia as the strike’s pivotal field and warns that success hinges on unity against evictions and slave-like conditions for miners and their families.
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West Virginia
Fairmont
W. Va
M. D. Ratchford
United Mine Workers of America
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Washington
Sumter
Meade
Thomas Jefferson
Patrick Henry
Henry
Wheeling
Riot at Mooney tannery riots in Columba ns Ind
In Columbus Indiana on July 2 strike violence erupted near Mooney tannery as workers walked home. Rioters beat John Gilday and others with clubs. Police arrested several, while strikers claim injunction opposition and political influence looms for morning violence likely to continue.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Ind
Mooney
John Gilday
Lawlis
J. Lahead
W. EL
Operators to Meet Tuesday in Arbitration Quest
Pittsburg July 23 The arbitration commission calls a meeting of operators on Tuesday to decide the dispute. Signers include W P Dearmit for New York and Cleveland Gas Coal, J B Zerbe for Ohio and Pennsylvania Coal, E Young for M A Hanna, and G W Schliendeberg for BD L Robbins Co. Strikers remain encamped near Allison and Boone mines with hearings postponed to Monday.
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Pittsburg
Arbitration Commission
W. P. Dearmit
New York and Cleveland Gas Coal Company
J. B. Zerbe
Ohio and Pennsylvania Coal Company
E. Young
M. A. Hanna & Co
George W. Schliendeberg
BD. L. Robbins Company
Cardinal Gibbons Birthday Telegrams Signal Cardinal
Baltimore July 23 wire dispatches flood the Catholic Episcopal palace with birthday greetings for Cardinal James Gibbons head of the U S Church and the only American cardinal The 63rd anniversary comes as he has been in ill health the past month while his doctors advise indoor rest and he plans a brief summer sojourn to Cape May next week if his health allows
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Baltimore
Catholic Episcopal Palace
United States
Cardinal James Gibbons
Cardinal Gibbons
Madison
Wis
Cape May
Not All Her Art Work L. H. Meakin Says She Could Not Have Painted Some of the Pictures
L H Meakin of the Cincinnati Art Academy inspected eighty pictures in the Negro Building gallery at the Centennial Nashville exhibit. HeDeduces that Miss Susie H Williams likely did not create much of the work, attributing many pieces to about a dozen fellow students. A conference with Director General Lewis occurred, and the exhibit remains.
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L. H.meakin
Commercial Tribune
Centennial
Nashville
Tenn
L. H. Meakin
Cincinnati Art Academy
Centennial Grounds
Lewis
Art Gallery
Susie H. Williams
Meakin
Cannvas
Miss Williams
Union
Maine
California
South
Race to Beat Tariff in Sugar Steamship Dash
Two British sugar laden steamers the Eton and the Hurworth race toward Philadelphia to beat the Dingley tariff law. The prize is 125000 dollars in duties saved if they reach the Philadelphia customs district before the bill passes the Senate. Tugs push upstream from Marcus Hook to guide them before approval tomorrow afternoon.
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Philadelphia
Customs ‘District
Dingley
Senate
Eton
Enweight
Hurworth
Marck
Java
Philadelphia Customs District
Marcus Hook
Fire at Paducah theater devastates a show
Panic swept the Casino Theater in Paducah Kentucky during a fire scene in Streets of New York. Dozens of wardrobes burned and losses run into thousands of dollars. About six hundred spectators panicked while two hundred were injured. Three children are missing and believed dead in the flames.
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Commercial Tribune
Paducah
Casino
New York
Old Lovers To Wed Arrive From Germany for Wedding
Miss Omma Beaubian of St Louis travels to New York to meet Frederick Arndt of Leipsic Germany. They plan to wed on his arrival in New York City as arranged, with the couple having agreed to marriage.
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Commercial Tribune
Laportse
Ind
Omma Beaubian
St. Louis
New York City
Frederick Arndt
Leipsic
Germany
New Zee City
Font
Ovens
Final Senate vote on tariff bill today at 3 o clock
Washington July 23 final vote on the tariff bill set for 3 o clock this afternoon in the Senate. The measure moves to the President for signature if approved. The debate included exchanges over Ohio fraud charges and counts of votes from Cleveland and other cities.
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Senate
Commercial Tribune
Washington
Morgan
Allison
Alabama
Faulkner, Cockrell and Gorman
Aldrich
Spooner
Pacific Railroads
Senator Foraker
Mr. Allen
Ohio
Cleveland
United States
Allen
Illinois
Chicago
Foraker
Hanna
Fairbanks
Harrison
Hoadly
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Boston Brewers Object
Beer Trust
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Andrews
Page
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Brother
DR. Donald M*lean
Ting
Columbia
Ora
Henry Gray
Kentucky
Adams Company
Ervin Shaw
Constantinople
Powers
Tewfik Pasha
Beatty
Ratchford
Gompers
Mooney’s Tannery
Colaumbans
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Anderson
Wesley
Brookwood
Birmingham
Susie Wiliams
Academy
Cincinnati
Arndt
Foraker Downs
Tillman
Butler
Gorman
Teller
White
Pettus
Mr. Foraker
Alien
Bryan
Allen Hedges
Balder
Halderdach
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